BANGKOK - Floods that have hit central and northern parts of Thailand for several months have left more than 600 schools submerged and 82 people killed, local media reported on Tuesday.

A resident carries her daughter as she walks through a flooded street in Sena district, Ayutthaya province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok September 12, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Basic Education Commission (BEC) Secretary-General Chinapat Pumirat said floods had left 635 schools submerged and killed three students. The damage could cost more than 140 million baht ( about 4.60 million U.S. dollars) in rehabilitation, the Thai National News Bureau reported.

The flash floods and mudslides in northern and central provinces of Thailand caused by heavy rainstorms have hit about 14 provinces for more than three months.

Among all the schools affected by floods, 583 are primary and 52 are secondary schools.

Meanwhile, the latest report from the department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said a total of 82 people were confirmed killed by the flash floods and landslides.

The latest deaths occurred in the central province of Saraburi where four people were killed by a mudslide on Monday.

The monsoon also prevails over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand, according to the department.

The department estimates that about 2,300 square meters of farmland have been hit by floods.